Bottle-closure-applying device



@am M wm., www@ S.L.GOLDMAN BOTTLE CLOSURE APPLYING DEVICE Filed Jan. 5,1922 Patented et. 14, 1924.

SIGMUND L. GOLDMAN, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BOTTLE-GLOSURE-APPLYING DEVICE.

Application led January 3, 1922.

To eil; whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, SIGMUND L. GOLDMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at hicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and use ful improvement in Bottle-Closure-ApplymgfDevices, ef which the following is a speciiication.'

My invention relates generally to bottleclosure-applying devices as,`'for example, for

applying caps to bottles, though it is not to be limited thereto. Myprimary objects Vare to "provide fa novel, simple and inexpensiveeenstruction lof closure-applying device of` the `type employing a basesupporting an up right "member, the latter more particularly la rack,:and from which upright member the movable closure-engaging element ofdevice is supported; to provide a novel, simple inexpensive constructionof slide for c0- operation with the upright `supporting it and throughthe medium of which the closure-engaging portion is supported; and otherobjects as will be manifest from the following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective viewof a bottlecapping device constructed in accordance with my invention.Figure 2 is an enlarged broken verticalsectional view taken through theslide portion of the device. Figure 3 1s a section taken at the line 3-2on Figs. 1'

and -2 and viewed `in the direction of the arrows; and Figure 4, asection taken at the lines 4 on Figs. 1 and 2 and viewed in thedirection of thearrows. i

Referring tothe construction shown in the drawings, the base of thedevice, andV vided with flanges 13 at their rear edges eX- tendingtoward each other, these flanges reaching vshort of the bottom of theplate 10. The rear edge ot the plate 10 is provided with a 'plateyportion. 14 which extends upwardly and directly below, and closelyadjacentto, the yflanges 13. The lp arts described are preferably formedintegrally vfrom a single sheet of metal ,punched and bent to presentthe related parts as described.

Serial No. 526,238.

Rising from the base 9 is an upright represented generally at 15, thisupright being formed of a bar 16 provided along one edge with rack teeth17 and securedin fiatwise- G0 opposed position between a pair ofbracketforming bars 18, the bars 16 and 18 being secured `together asthrough the medium of the rivets 19 passing therethrough. Each of v thebars V18 is shown as provide with a-sub- G5 stantially flat verticalportion 20 at its upper end at which it tlatwise opposes the bar 16 andwith an outwardly-inclined 4portion 21 between its ends, and with thestraight vertical portion 22 at its lower end, `theportions 70 21diverging downwardly relative "to each other, as represented, -andforming a bracket structure, the lower portions 22 :etwhich eX- tendinto the corners provided between the plates 12 and the flanges 13. Theupright- 75 structure described is shown as pivotally connected at theportions 22 with the 'plates 12,A as through the medium of the pivots23, adapting the upright to` be swung from a position in which itextends parallel with the plate 10 into a position in which it extendsat rightangles thereto, as shown in the drawings, and vice versa.Locking means tor releasably holdingthe upright in vertical position areshown, these means comprising a bar 24 of rectangular shape in'crosssection which extends through, and is vertically movable in, slots25 in the portions 22 of the bracket, the ends of the bar 24 beingadapted to ent-er slots in the upper edgesot 9o the plate portions 12,as represented of the one end of the bar 24 in Fig. 1. When 'it isdesired to swing the upright to horizontal position the .user lifts thebar 24 to disen- 4gage theends of the latter 'from the notches -95 26and thereupon swings the upright to `the position stated and when it isdesired to move the upright to vertical position the operator merelyswings the upright to such position, the bar 24 automatically dropping100 into the notches 26.

Cooperating with the rack portion of `the ,uprightk is a sliderepresented at 27, this slide, in the particular construction shown,

being formed of a Ushaped member V2,8,

shown as bent from a single sheet of metal, and presenting side lwalls29 and areafr 'connecting wall 30. The member 28 contains a spacer-block31 shown as located between the walls r29 of the member 28 and spaced110 at its rear edge from the wall 30 this `block being rigidly secured"in positionv as by means ,of the rivetsrepresented at 32passingitherethrough and through the side walls l 29. Located above theblock 31 andextendl ing between the side walls 29, is a lever 33apartportions 36 into `-which the front ends ofthe ybars34 extend infiatwise-opposed relation, these lparts being rigidly secured l togetheras through the medium of the rivets 37. Thejlever 33which is pivotallysupported` on the slide 27, as hereinafter described, is provided atitsrear -end with a Y gear,segment-38,'theteeth forming this segmentbeing' cut from the metal of the fiatwise-opposed bars 33. Thegearsegment-38 meshes with the rackv 17 in the assembled po- ;sition. ofthe upright 15 and slide 27 and by rocking I.the lever 33 on theslide27, the lat-- vteris caused @to move up ordown ,on the bar 16, dependingon the direction in which the leveris rocked. i

' Thepivot forthe lever 33 isshown as in the form of a bolt 39 whichextends through theside walls. 29 of the slide 27 and the platesl 34,the side walls 29 being clamped between the head 40 of the bolt and thenut y41 screwing on the threaded end thereof. .The inner surfaces of theside walls 27 `are recessed concentrically with the bolt`39, as

' represented 'at 42, to receive spring washers,

represented at 43 and 4surrounding the bolt by `outwardly deflecting themetal of the side walls 27 as shown. In the drawing up of the bolty 39,the spring washers 43 are placed undertension and .afford frictionalresistance toitheturning ofthe lever 33 on its pivots, the frictionalresistance offered.

byfthesespring washers beingV preferably i n ysufficient to .cause thelever 33 to, remain in any position inwhich it may be adjusted about'its pivot. f

teeth 38 on the lever 33 are so dis- 'e pose-d'that when this lever isswung into substantially upright position, these teeth` l'will be o ut4of engagement with the rack 17 Y; thereby permitting, the slide 27,together vwiththe parts xcarried'thereby, to be raised g and loweredonwthe bar 16 by merely pushing upwardly onthe slide or permitting it tog'ravitateonthis bar. In order that the fupper, portion of the slide 27shall present -guiding means 'for the slide 27 in its application to thebar.16,`the lever 33 is provid- "ed,'witha-surface which opposes, andeX- tends Closely adjacentftogy-the tooth portion 17 of the bear whenthelever `33 is swung `of engagement with the teeth 17. Thesurving-,with'the lower lateral edges of they side walls 29, in thedownward movement of the llever 33. l

The slide 27 is provided with a bottleclosure-engaging portion provided,in the particular arrangement shown, fory receiving-a metal' cap to beapplied, and secured to,ithe mouth of a bottle. In the construe.. tionshown this portion is formed of a separate inverted cup-shaped member46, with the lower edges ofA its wall flaring outwardly, the cupcontaining a cushion 47 of resilient material. The member46 bears at itsupper, closed, end flatwise against laterally-extending lugs 48 shown asformed integrally with the side-walls 29, the member 46 also restingflatwise against the .under side of the spacer block 31, and'being'rigidly secured to the lugs 48, asby means 95 of the rivets 49 passingthrough these lugs and into the member 46.

It will be understood that in the use of the device the bottle to whichthe closure l, (not shown) is to be applied, is positioned 100 39, theserecesses being preferably providedA out departing from the spirit of myinvention; l

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a bottle-closure-applying device, the combination of an uprightprovided with a rack portion, a slide on said upright and provided withportions which oppose the side walls of said upright and form guidingsurfaces for said slide, and a handleequipped gear segment pivoted onsaid slide and meshing with said rack, the teeth 'of said segment beingso disposed that when the latter is rotated to a position in which y p Ug yits handle `extends upwardly the teeth of to a position 1n ,which itsteethA 38 are out said segment will be out of engagement with the teethon said rack, said gear segment having a portion so positioned as toengage with saidslide and limit the rotation of said gear segment in adirection for disengaging it from said rack portion after said gearsegment disengages from said rackportion.

2. In a bottle-closure-applying device, the combination of an uprighthaving a rack portion, a slide on said upright, a lever pivotallysupported on said slide and having a gear segment engaging said rack,said lever comprising two plates secured together in flatwise relation,each of said plates being toothed to afford said gear segment, and lugsformed from the inet-al of said plates and integral with the latterextending from said lever and adapted to engage the body portion of saidslide 'when said lever is moved to a certain position.

SIGMUND L. GOLDMAN.

